The town is built on an oasis, but that does not mean that the oasis is only as big as the small town. The lake stretches away and finally disappears into the desert. There are also stretches of green trees and grass along the way. This area belongs to the oasis.
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The people in the small town dug out the cultivated land next to the oasis and dug ditches to divert water. Some people even planted the fruits in the Gobi and only watered them occasionally, although the fruits were a bit small.
, but still very sweet.
In the past, when there were many merchants passing by, they would buy the good ones and take them away for sale elsewhere. The merchants would buy the bad ones to quench their thirst and eat them themselves.
But this year there were fewer people coming, and the best fruits in the greenhouses couldn't be sold. Naturally, they didn't care about the fruits in the Gobi.
Man Bao and the others put the fishing gear on the roof of the car, helped Mr. Zhuang get into the car, and then ran to get his horse out and rode off happily.
Yin didn't want to ride a horse, so he rode in a car with Mr. Zhuang.
The group of people set out under the protection of the guards. In less than two quarters of an hour, everyone in the town knew that the new guest went fishing yesterday. He just went to catch a fish, and he brought more than ten servants with him.
So proud.
"It's a pity that young people don't have money."
"I don't think the old gentleman who calls the shots looks like an extravagant person. Their business is not easy to do."
"I am an official and not a businessman, so I naturally won't spend too much money to buy these things."
"I think they are more generous than those merchants. Those merchants buy things that can be taken out. They buy a lot of things, but the prices are not high. Unlike them, everything they buy is for food. Listen,
He said that there were twenty people washing clothes for them in several yards today. People in our town east all made money, not to mention the vegetables and meat they bought today. If they stayed here for twenty days...
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When everyone heard this, they cheered up. Someone said: "Then the fruits in our greenhouse will have a place to go. If each person eats one a day, he can eat more than a hundred in a day."
"Don't think about it. They think it's too expensive. Only a few people bought it yesterday. They were all soldiers. How much money do you have on hand? It's not as rich as the guys brought by the merchants."
"Why don't we make it cheaper? Those fruits will rot in the ground if they are not sold, right?"
Many people think about it, and they are actually willing. Since it is not a one-time or two-time business, it is okay to be cheaper.
After riding out of the town, Manbao and the others walked along the lake. They didn't know that they would experience a price cut when they came back. At this time, they were riding their horses along the lakeside. The grass was quite lush.
Not only did the horses run happily, Manbao and the others also felt very happy. It was much more comfortable than running in the Gobi Desert.
One of the guards ran back from his horse, pointed to the front and said: "Master, Miss Man, there is an open space in front of you. It looks pretty good to me. Why don't you stop and fish in front?"
Manbao didn't speak for a while and asked Keke.
Keke said: "It won't work there. There aren't many fishes detected, so the host probably won't be able to catch them. I suggest you go down about three hundred meters. There are more fish there."
Man Bao felt that 300 meters was no different from the original place. They could stop there and walk 300 meters to go fishing.
So everyone stopped when they arrived at the place, and the guards began to carry things from the car, including mats, low tables, then fruits and refreshments, and finally the wooden barrels and fishing tackle they needed for fishing.
Mr. Zhuang walked around the area with his hands behind his back. He felt that the place chosen by the guards was pretty good, so he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad. I'll ask Wei Xingren and the others to come with us tomorrow."
Man Bao: "Call Nie to join the army again?"
Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "Forget it, Nie Canjun probably won't like fishing."
Manager Li asked them about it. There is no bait for sale here. When fishing here, you dig some worms from the lake and hang them on the hooks. Of course, it is not certain whether they can attract fish.
So Man Bao and others took small bamboo baskets and medicine hoes and started looking around to dig out insects.
Bai Shansan and Liu Huan were experienced in this. They turned over the grass and shouted: "Here, here, there are two small holes. There must be earthworms underneath."
The only one who was inexperienced was Yin You. He had not dug bugs since he was a child. He had never seen a few bugs, so he stepped forward curiously and saw that Bai Erlang was already hoeing loudly. After a while, he pulled out the hoeed bugs.
An earthworm that is split in two but still rolling over.
He was startled and couldn't help but take two steps back.
Bai Erlang and Liu Huan were very excited and started to grab it. Each of them caught half of it and showed off, "Look, we dug it!"
Zhou Liru, who was on the side, took a look, pulled out two earthworms from the ground, grabbed them directly in his hand and showed them to them.
Bai Erlang and Liu Huan were jealous after seeing it.
Yin or:......
Bai Shan and Man Bao also had a harvest. The land around the lake is moist and rich in water and grass. It seems that few people dig in this area, so there are quite a lot of earthworms underground. As long as you find a place with soft soil and holes, there will always be ten.
Six or seven places have earthworms underneath.
Mr. Zhuang looked amused and waved to Yin You: "Come here, I'll teach you how to handle the fishing hook."
Yin You quickly turned around, took a deep breath and stepped forward.
After placing the things, the guards spread out and searched the area. After confirming that there was no danger, they lazily stood guard everywhere, showing no intention of helping to dig out bugs.
Bai Shan and the others did not ask them, so they dug a lot themselves and then brought them back to show their husband.
"Sir, do you want to add some ingredients?" Bai Shan said: "I remember to add some ingredients to the earthworms, will they taste better?"
Yin You couldn't help but move his eyes away, looked at the calm and clear lake and asked, "Have you eaten it?"
Everyone looked up at him and clicked their tongues, knowing that he had committed the habit of being clean again. Speaking of being clean, Bai Shan also loved being clean, but playing with dirt was not one of them.
Bai Shan simply invited Changshou and asked him to help his master cut and hang earthworms...
longevity:……
There were only two bamboo baskets, so Man Bao reached out and folded two large leaves, poured a handful of earthworms out, packed them up, took the fishing gear and left, "Let's go up there and fish."
Bai Shan followed immediately, "I'm with you."
Bai Erlang glanced at the two of them and felt that he couldn't go at this time, otherwise it would be a big lantern, so he stopped Liu Huan who was eager to try, "Let's find a place to fish by ourselves."
Yin looked around and felt that Mr. Zhuang's place was the cleanest, so he didn't go anywhere.
Zhou Liru also carried the small bamboo basket and left with Bai Er Liu Huan. She neither wanted to disturb her sister-in-law or uncle, nor did she want to stay with Mr. Zhuang.
The articles Mr. Zhuang asked her to memorize recently were very difficult, much more difficult than the prescriptions my sister-in-law asked her to memorize, so she has been avoiding Mr. Zhuang for the past two days.